MAYBE I'VE GOT A BROTHER WHO IS ALWAYS CRAVED A BAR OF BEER SOAP BECAUSE FRANKLY WHO DOESN'T, OR A BILL MURRAY FAN WHO IS LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT ITEM FOR A BABY SHOWER. UNUSUAL GIFT IDEAS, GRANTED. BUT OUR NEXT STOP IS KIND OF UNIQUE ITSELF, SOMERVILLE'S DAVIS SQUARE. THEVILLE IS ON FIRE, NOWHERE MORE SO THAN DAVIS SCARE AFTER DARK. BUT THERE'S MORE TO THIS SOMERVILLE HOT SPOT THAN KILLER FOOD AND DRINK. MOST PEOPLE THINK OF BARS AND RESTAURANTS, BUT THE RETAIL HAS REALLY EXPANDED HERE LATELY. ELLY SANDERS, FOUNDER OF THE SOMERVILLE BEAT, A WEBSITE AND BLOG DEVOTED TO THE MANY WONDERS OF THIS ONCE UNDER-APPRECIATED CITY. I'M JUST INSPIRED BY ALL THE FUN AND EXCITING THINGS GOING ON IN SOMERVILLE. AND IN DAVIS SQUARE, THAT INCLUDES PLACES TO FIND THE PERFECT GIFT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN D. SQUARE, DAVIS SQUARE, IT'S A PARTICULARLY FUN STORE TO COME TO WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BUY SOMEONE. DISAIFS SCARED FEATURES WHIMSICAL GIFTS FROM CARDS TO CLOTHING WITH THE OCCASIONAL BOOK EVENT AS WELL. MELISSA FORD CHRISTY IS PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH AN EXPANDING MENTION SECTION. WE'RE STARTING TO GET A COOL FOLLOWING OF GUYS, SO WE HAVE SOME SPRAYS AND WALLETS AND BEER SOAP, AND HATS, SCARVES, JUST A WHOLE RANGE OF FUN THINGS LIKE THAT. DID WE HEAR CORRECTLY? BEER SOAP, IF IT'S GOOD DRINKING IT, IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD WASHING WITH IT I WOULD THINK. DAVIS SQUARE IS KNOWN OR IT'S YOUTHFUL VIBE AND NOW THERE'S A PLACE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. WE'RE AT MAG PIE KIDS, THE LITTLE SISTER STORE TO THE ORIGINAL MAG PIE WHICH IS CLOSER TO DAVIS. MAGPIE KIDS, A COLORFUL COLLECTION OF HAND MADE TOYS AND TOGS, OLD SCHOOL AND ECO FRIENDLY ALL SERVED UP WITH A DASH OF HIPSTER COOL. LIKE THE BILL MURRAY ONCIES, A TOP SELLER. WE HAVE A LOT OF SORT OF IRONIC GIFTS HERE. DAVID SAYS MAGPIE KIDS IS THE NATURAL OFFSPRING OF THE ORIGINAL MAGPIE. NOW IN ITS 9TH YEAR IN DAVIS SQUARE. MY MARKET RESEARCH WAS SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COME IN WITH STROLLERS OVER THE YEARS, SO A BLIGHT BULB WENT OFF AND I THOUGHT, HEY, I THINK THE SOMERVILLE IS RIPE FOR A COOL BABY STORE. FOR A TASTE OF SOMETHING A BIT MORE ADULT... YOU SHOULD GET A SNAP OF BITTER, BUT YOU GET THE FLOOR NOTES FROM THE CHAMOMILE. BOSTON SHAKER ON HOLLAND STREET. WE ARE A COCKTAIL SUPPLY STORE. EVERYTHING BUT THE BOOZE. HAVE YOU BEEN MUDDLING ALONG ON NOTHING MORE COMPLEX THAN GIN AND TONIC? PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO STEP UP AND JOIN COCKTAIL NATION. YOU CAN COME IN AND SAY I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING, POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT IS A REQUEST WE GET EVERY DAY. ADAM IS HAPPY TO BE YOUR FRIENDLY GUIDE TO THE BITTERS END. WE HAVE 08 PLUS BITTERS HERE. WE HAVE A CHIPOTLE SINGLE MALT SCOTCH BITTER, A BACON INFUSED BITTER. HE CALLS BITTERS THE SPICE TEND OF THE BARTENDERS. WHETHER IT BE A CHEESE OR WINE OR COFFEE, YOU CAN ENJOY IT ON A STRAIGHT FORWARD LEVEL OR YOU CAN GO REALLY REALLY DEEP. SPEAKING OF DEEP, THERE ARE BOTTOMLESS BARGAINS JUST DOWN THE STREET. DAVIS SQUARE HAS BECOME KNOWN AS A MECCA FOR CLOTHING SHOPPING, ESPECIALLY CONSIGNMENT AND SECOND HAND CLOTHES. SHE BRINGS US TO BUFFALO EXCHANGE. IT MAY BE A NATIONAL CHAIN, BUT THE SUPPLY WHO ARE SUPPLYING THE CLOTHES FOR THE STORE LIVE HERE IN SOMERVILLE AND IN DAVIS SQUARE. SO IT'S KIND OF YOUR NEIGHBOR'S CLOSET IS ONE WAY TO THINK OF IT. EVERY STORE IS REALLY DISTINCTIVE. WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN CUSTOMER BASE AND SELECTION. YOU SEE A LOT OF THE COLLEGE KIDS AND THEIR STYLES, SO STILL MORE CASUAL FUN, CARE-FREE. CUSTOMERS CAN GET CASH OR STORE CREDIT FOR THEIR USED CLOTHING. RACHEL D'ALLESANDRO SAYS THE BEST PART OF HER JOB IS SEEING WHAT COMES IN. IT'S LIKE UNWRAPPING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. YOU CAN GET SOME REALLY GOOD DEALS. AND DAVIS SQUARE'S 30TH ANNUAL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MIDNIGHT MADNESS SHOPPING EVENT BEGINS NEXT WEEK ON DECEMBER 5. SO STORES WILL STAY OPEN LATE, THERE WILL BE SOME SPECIAL DEALS, FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT. I THINK A LOT OF TOWNS, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK INTO YOUR LOCAL TOWN, ARE DOING THESE TYPE OF SHOPPING EVENTS ON WEEKENDS TO KEEP THINGS LOCAL. YES. GIVE TO A CAUSE AND SNAG A BARGAIN, ALL IN ONE STOP. THE FIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR $65 AT BOOMERANGS IS AN